So, am I the only one irritated by the fact that Bolas's reappearance on Tarkir now (or then, really) alters the timeline further? Again?!

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At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost.Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind.To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!"

I have been wondering why the leviathan fight has been so strangely absent in this little historical back and forth.....

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magicpablo666 wrote:

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!"

At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost.Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind.To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"

The original timeline was "Bolas pretty much kills Ugin, Ugin's bones rot. Dragons die off and Khans rule Tarkir."

The new timeline is "Bolas pretty much kills Ugin, Sarkhan pops into existence at that time and basically performs magical first aid on Ugin so he doesn't die and his body is encased in a protective shell until he heals. Dragons don't die off and eventually overtake the Khans as rulers of Tarkir."

This story takes place during the second timeline where Bolas comes back to check on Ugin's corpse because he has learned of a plan to trap him on Ixalan and is afraid Ugin is still alive. Apparently Bolas thought he killed him once before another time and Ugin cheated death then too, so Bolas is just stopping by the grave to be sure. He sees the weird Hedrons and assumes they are part of a plot to save Ugin's life. He questions the locals who tell him over and over that Ugin is dead. Likely in the next story, they will convince him of this and he will walk away, seemingly triumphant and secure in the belief that Ugin is truly dead. Several generations later, Ugin will break out of his Herdon coma tube, Sarkhan will explain what the heck happened, and Ugin will flee to Zendikar to continue the timeline as it was reset.

Like, this bit of story changes nothing timeline-wise so long as Bolas leaves believing that Ugin is really dead.

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magicpablo666 wrote:

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!"

This story takes place during the second timeline where Bolas comes back to check on Ugin's corpse because he has learned of a plan to trap him on Ixalan and is afraid Ugin is still alive. Apparently Bolas thought he killed him once before another time and Ugin cheated death then too, so Bolas is just stopping by the grave to be sure. He sees the weird Hedrons and assumes they are part of a plot to save Ugin's life. He questions the locals who tell him over and over that Ugin is dead. Likely in the next story, they will convince him of this and he will walk away, seemingly triumphant and secure in the belief that Ugin is truly dead. Several generations later, Ugin will break out of his Herdon coma tube, Sarkhan will explain what the heck happened, and Ugin will flee to Zendikar to continue the timeline as it was reset.

Like, this bit of story changes nothing timeline-wise so long as Bolas leaves believing that Ugin is really dead.

This bit is where things change because Bolas DIDN'T return to Tarkir. His further actions after the return ring down beyond him just popping in because that fundamentally alters how he'd act elsewhere with the knowledge there's shenanigans afoot.

It's the same irritation that Sarkhan was now NEVER BORN yet things happened on various worlds. Given, it's on a smaller scale, but Bolas is more personally affected by the changes to this timeline in how he would act.

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At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost.Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind.To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"

This story takes place during the second timeline where Bolas comes back to check on Ugin's corpse because he has learned of a plan to trap him on Ixalan and is afraid Ugin is still alive. Apparently Bolas thought he killed him once before another time and Ugin cheated death then too, so Bolas is just stopping by the grave to be sure. He sees the weird Hedrons and assumes they are part of a plot to save Ugin's life. He questions the locals who tell him over and over that Ugin is dead. Likely in the next story, they will convince him of this and he will walk away, seemingly triumphant and secure in the belief that Ugin is truly dead. Several generations later, Ugin will break out of his Herdon coma tube, Sarkhan will explain what the heck happened, and Ugin will flee to Zendikar to continue the timeline as it was reset.

Like, this bit of story changes nothing timeline-wise so long as Bolas leaves believing that Ugin is really dead.

This bit is where things change because Bolas DIDN'T return to Tarkir. His further actions after the return ring down beyond him just popping in because that fundamentally alters how he'd act elsewhere with the knowledge there's shenanigans afoot.

It's the same irritation that Sarkhan was now NEVER BORN yet things happened on various worlds. Given, it's on a smaller scale, but Bolas is more personally affected by the changes to this timeline in how he would act.

This is why we don't time travel.

This is why TNG had time travel police who hated their jobs.

Frankly, I just want someone to try and tell me that the what, thousand of years after Ugin died, these "old traditions" of the Khans are going to survive and there is going to be an inevitable return of the Khans in Tarkir 2: Electric Boogaloo because WotC realized they killed off everyone's favorite part of Tarkir just like they did with Zendikar.

Frankly, I just want someone to try and tell me that the what, thousand of years after Ugin died, these "old traditions" of the Khans are going to survive and there is going to be an inevitable return of the Khans in Tarkir 2: Electric Boogaloo because WotC realized they killed off everyone's favorite part of Tarkir just like they did with Zendikar.

It's hinted that the other Tarkir still exists in some kind of quasi parallel way. So it's much more likely Tarkir 2 will be the Return of Planar Chaos: This time it's personal.

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At twilight's end, the shadow's crossed / a new world birthed, the elder lost.Yet on the morn we wake to find / that mem'ry left so far behind.To deafened ears we ask, unseen / "Which is life and which the dream?"

Frankly, I just want someone to try and tell me that the what, thousand of years after Ugin died, these "old traditions" of the Khans are going to survive and there is going to be an inevitable return of the Khans in Tarkir 2: Electric Boogaloo because WotC realized they killed off everyone's favorite part of Tarkir just like they did with Zendikar.

It's hinted that the other Tarkir still exists in some kind of quasi parallel way. So it's much more likely Tarkir 2 will be the Return of Planar Chaos: This time it's personal.

"The Unwritten Now" nonsense has been a constant thing in Khans flavor.

"The Unwritten Now" nonsense has been a constant thing in Khans flavor.

But seriously, alternate reality/time shenanigans are lame imo

I LOVE alternate realities.As long as they STAY alternate.

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